Eyeshade



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EYESHADE Filed Oct. ll, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I INVENTOR. Ola u.B/oay'er BYQ Q4 TToRNEY Patented Feb. 10, 1942 UNITED STATES PATETGFFICE EYESHADE Olav Blodjer, Stockton, Calif.

Application October 11, 1939, Serial No. 298,930 y (C1. 2-12) 6 Claims.

The present invention pertains to improvements in eye-shades, andspecically this invention constitutes improvements over the devicesshown in my United States Letters Patent No. 2,138,086, and copendingapplications Ser. -No. 254,039, filed February 1, 1939, which has sincebecome Patent Number 2,248,331, and Ser. No. 279,138, led June 14, 1939.

The principal objects of the present invention are to provide aneye-shade so arranged that substantially the entire area of the mainpanel or shield is disposed in spaced relation in front of the wearersface; to provide an eye-shade which permits of ample ventilation betweenthe main panel and a persons face; to provide an eyeshade which incertain embodiments may be comfortably head supported or attached to thevisor of a cap or hat; and to provide an eye-shade which remains firmlyin place, whether head or cap supported, and assures ample protectionagainst Wind, glare, etc. The device is an allpurpose eye-shade whichmay be adapted to all types of service.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposefor which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecication and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Figure 1 is a front View of the transparent blank as cut for one form ofthe device.

Figure 2 is a front view of such form of visor as completed.

Figure 3 is a top plan of the same.

Figure 4 is a side elevation, partly in section, of such form of visoras worn.

Figure 5 is a front elevation of another embodient to the form of theinvention shown in Figs.

1-4 inclusive, the numeral I indicates a transparent, elongated panel orshield of ilexible and resilient material.

Adjacent but spaced from its upper edge, the panel I is formed with alongitudinally extending slot 2; the strip of material above said slothaving a central portion thereof cut away, as at 3, leaving separateinwardly projecting fingers 4.

A Sweat band 5, preferably of sponge rubber, is aixed on the backsurfaces of the ngers 4 and connects the same; the adjacent ends of saidfingers being drawn toward each other some distance from their initialposition and before the band 5 is secured thereto. The fingers 4 andband 5 then form a unitary strip portion. As this unitary strip portionof the device above slot 2 is then shorter than the initial strip, thepanel below said slot bows outwardly from end to end, and assumes suchposition in a plane in front :of the plane of said strip portion, asclearly shown in Fig. 3.

At each end, the panel I is provided with eyes S through which areconnected the ends 'I of an elastic head band 8. In use, the head band 8engages about a wearers head, and the sweat band of the device engagesthe persons forehead; the bowed and forwardly offset panel I then beingdisposed in spaced relation to such persons face as shown in Fig. 4.

If it is desired to do so, the above described eyeshade can be supportedon a cap or hat by projecting the visor through slot 2 from the backside of the panel and engaging the head band 8 about the cap or hat onthe exterior thereof.

The modication lcf the invention shown in Fig. 5 is quite similar tothat described above, and includes a similar forwardly bowed main panel9, elongated slot I0, and connected projecting iingers II, above theslot and forming a shortened strip.

In this type, however, the head band 8 is omitted, and the elementconnecting the ngers is a length of elastic ribbon I2 which is undertension and extends through holes I3 in adjacent ends of fingers II andis connected together at its ends in any convenient manner. This type ofthe eye-shade is intended only for use on the visor of caps or hats; thevisor being projected through slot I0 from the back of the panel, andthe fingers then bending and lying flat on top of the visor. As the mainpanel 9 is bowed forwardly and as ribbon I2 is under tension, the panelat the ends I4 of the slot can be frictionally engaged with opposededges of the visor to prevent displacement of the eyeshade. As will beclear from Fig. 5, the ribbon I2 is tied with a bow knot. This enablesthe tension and bowing effect exerted by said ribbon to be altered ifdesired.

The modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7 comprises an elongated panel I5of flexible and resilient material; the width of the panel adjacent itsends being increased upwardly as at I6 and these end portions areprovided with cap or hat visor engaging clips I Between portions I 6,the panel gradually increases in width upwardly and toward the center asat I8. The panel is formed with holes I9 adjacent its upper edge andbetween portions I6 and I 8; an elastic ribbon R under tension beingconnected at its ends through corresponding ones of said holes causingthe panel to bow forwardly.

This type of the device is attached to a cap or hat visor by insertingthe visor between portion I8 and ribbon I9; the ribbon resting atop andacross the visor, while the curved upper edge of L portion I8 engagesthe underside of the visor and conforms to the curvature thereof. Theend portions of the panel are then curved rearwardly and clips I Isecured on the adjacent edges of the visor, as shown in Fig. 7.

Figs. 8-10 inclusive illustrate a modification of the invention whichcomprises an elongated transparent panel 25A having a pair of verticallongitudinally spaced narrow slots ZI cut therethrough adjacent eachend, and adjacent its upper edge. A head encircling elastic ribbon 22 isthreaded through each pair of slots from the back of the panel andextends between the slots of each pair at the front of the panel.

The above eye-shade is used as follows. The elastic band is placed aboutthe wearers head and panel 20 bowed forward to the desired extent and toaord suitable clearance from the face. The panel is held in such bowedposition by sliding the ribbon through the pairs of slots which serve asa lock on the ribbon and prevent the panel from shifting its positionunless definite sliding pressure is exerted on the panel.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as f substantially fullls the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specication sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An eye-shade comprising an elongated panel of flexible and resilientmaterial, opposed lingers on the panel projecting inwardly in a planeabove the upper edge of said panel, the inner ends of said fingers beingdisposed in spaced relation, and an element connecting said fingers;said element holding the ngers under tension whereby to cause the panelto bow forwardly relative to said lingers.

2. An eye-shade as in claim 1 in which said element comprises a headengaging sweat band secured on the back surface of said lingers.

3. An eye-shade as in claim l in which said element comprises a lengthof elastic ribbon un der tension connected between adjacent ends or saidngers.

4. An eye-shade comprising an elongated panel of ilexible and resilientmaterial, opposed fingers on the panel projecting inwardly in a planeabove the upper edge of said panel, the inner ends of said iingers beingdisposed in spaced relation, an element connecting said fingers andholding the same under tension whereby to cause the panel to bowforwardly relative to said fingers, and a head encircling band connectedat its ends on the ends of said panel.

5. An eye-shade comprising an elongated panel of flexible and resilientmaterial, the panel hav ing a relatively long slot therein adjacent butspaced from the upper edge of said panel. the strip portion of the panelabove the slot initially having a section thereof cut out intermediatethe ends of said strip portion, and an elastic element connectingadjacent ends of the remaining strip portions and holding the latterunder tension, whereby the panel below the slot bows forwardly relativeto said strip portions.

6. A device as in claim 1, with means to adjust the tension of saidelement.

OLAV BLODJER..

